Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Kirkus Reviews: Fiction 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
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Nights When Nothing Happened

by Simon Han

Lists

The Best Books of 2020: Harper’s Bazaar
The 100 Must-Read Books of 2020: Time
50 Notable Works of Fiction in 2020: Washington Post

Trending Lists

100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
2025 Award Dylan Thomas Prize
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
2025 Dublin Literary Award
Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Top 50 Albums of 2024 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode

Trending Works

Her Spike Jonze
Highway Thirteen Fiona McFarlane
Sinners Ryan Coogler
The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Los Thuthanaka Los Thuthanaka
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Dark Renaissance Stephen Greenblatt
Strange Hearts Secret Cities
Resurrection Bi Gan
What the Eyes Don’t See Mona Hanna-Attisha
Killers of the Flower Moon Martin Scorsese
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson

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